Bridge to Success identifies needed changes in practice and introduces new practices within and across educational institutions in San Francisco to increase students’ post-secondary success.
Many of these practices focus on collaborative approaches across institutions to double the number of students earning college degrees or credentials. These new practices focus on ways in which education systems – such as the school district and City College – can work together rather than separately to accomplish mutual goals. For example, Bridge to Success has brought counselors from the school district and from the community college together for joint trainings, networking events, and sessions to brainstorm ways they can enhance each others’ efforts.
Bridge to Success has also introduced new events that increase students, families, and school staff’s knowledge about post-secondary success. For example, in 2010 Bridge to Success launched FRISCO Day – a citywide series of events for graduating high school seniors to learn the skills and information they need to be successful in college.